Rep. Cedric Richmond Elected Next Chair of the Congressional Black Caucus
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Representative Cedric Richmond (LA-02) was elected chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) for the 115th Congress....
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Former Attorney General Janet Reno was “Undoubtedly Aware of her Historic Role”: Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch
Miami, United States Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch Delivers Remarks at Memorial Service for Former Attorney General Janet Reno:...
Tent City Set to Bloom as Uptown Homeless Shelter Threatens Closure
City & State have failed to come up with funding to stop closure of shelter near Lake Shore Drive...
Clifford Law Offices Obtains $18.5 Million Settlement in Derailment Fire for Two Workers
Robert A. Clifford and Colin H. Dunn, partners at Clifford Law Offices, obtained an $18.5 million settlement on behalf of...
NAACP: The NAACP Resolutely Condemns President-Elect Trump’s Proposed Plans for a ‘Muslim Registry’
NAACP Statement on Proposed “Muslim Registry” BALTIMORE, MD – The following is a statement from Cornell William Brooks, President...
Building Contractor Company Executive Convicted of Theft from Labor Union, Unlawful Labor Payments, Fraud and Money Laundering
The owner and CEO of a Greenbelt, Maryland, building contracting company was convicted for stealing $1.7 million from Local 657...
Chicago Metro Unemployment Rate Rises
Manufacturing Loses Jobs in 12 of 14 Metro Areas CHICAGO, IL – Thirteen of (14) Illinois’ metropolitan (metro) areas...
New Chicago Muslim Healing & Organizing Collective to Support Communities Targeted by Mass Surveillance, Structural Violence and Culture of Anti-Muslimism
Collective of Muslim-identified women, femmes, and non-binary people of color aims to build and strengthen their own spaces for...
Madigan Releases Annual Holiday Safe Shopping Guide
Attorney General’s Guide Details Dangerous Children’s Products of 2016 CHICAGO, IL – Illinois Attorney General Lisa...
Jewish Activists Gather to Call on Chicago’s Jewish United Fund to Denounce Appointment of White Nationalist Steve Bannon
Protest part of growing national chorus of progressive Jews urging communal institutions to break silence on bigotry of Trump appointments The march,...
